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Ministry of Coal
Appointment of Mine Developer and Operator contracts
NITI Aayog, in consultation with Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Coal and Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, had reviewed the process of awarding Mining Development and Operating contracts  in 2020 for making the process transparent. Coal India Limited , The Singareni Collieries Company Limited  and NLC India Limited  follow the transparent process through Open Tender for the award of MDO contracts.
No MDO contracts were revived by CIL, SCCL and NLCIL without conducting a fresh auction.
At present, there is no proposal to amend Section 11  of the Coal Mines , Act 2015.
No Government Mining Company has been awarded any MDO contract of CIL/NLCIL.
This information was given by the Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
Two day Medical camp for Cinema workers by Labour Welfare Organization under Ministry of Labour & Employment kick starts in Kochi
Kochi: May 24, 2023
A two day medical camp for Cinema workers organized by Labour Welfare Organization Thriuvananthapuram Office under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India began in Kochi from today. The camp is being held in association with Film Employees Federation of Kerala  and Rajagiri Hospital, Aluva at YMCA hall here. FEFKA General Secretary Shri B Unnikrishnan inaugurated the camp. In his inaugural address, Shri. Unnikrishnan stressed upon the need to utilize such initiatives for the welfare of the Cine workers by standing firm on the notion that ‘prevention is better than cure’. He added that when Governments and organizations are giving impetus to welfare measures, unlike many other countries which are focusing more on private participation, there should be enthusiasm amongst cine works to utilize it for their own good.
Referring to the request from FEFKA to shift Cine Workers Welfare Dispensary from Guruvayur to Kochi so that the benefits could be reaped by the maximum beneficiaries, Shri Unnikrishnan promised the gathering that FEFKA will put in all efforts to find a place to shift the same within two months. On request, Shri KA Sebastian, Welfare and Cess Commissioner, Kerala and Lakshadweep has agreed to take up the matter with the Ministry to ensure that the benefits reach maximum Cinema workers.
Welfare and Cess Commissioner  Kerala and Lakshadweep Shri K A Sebastian presided over the function. Medical Superintendent, Rajagiri Hospital Dr. Sunny P Orathel, Welfare Administrator, LWO Thiruvananthapuram Smt Shindu Dev , SAC Member Shri Sreekumar Arookkutty and Nursing officer, BWWF Dispensary Shri Anoop K also addressed the gathering.
As part of the two day camp, talks on various topics are also being arranged.Today, a talk on ‘Importance of self examination and early detection’ was held. The talk was led by the team from the Department of Oncology, Rajagiri Hospital. Tomorrow, a talk on ‘Stress Reduction Techniques' will be held.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM expresses happiness on CGTMSE touching guarantees of one lakh crore during 2022-23 FY
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed happiness on Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro & Small Enterprises  touching guarantees of one lakh crore during 2022-23 FY. Shri Modi has said that We are betting on the entrepreneurial zeal of our youth to propel our economy to even greater heights.
In response to a tweet by the Ministry of MSME, the Prime Minister said;
"We are betting on the entrepreneurial zeal of our youth to propel our economy to even greater heights."
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Govt. of India has so far provided more 16.54 crore vaccine doses to States/UTs Free of Cost
More than 75 lakh doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered
Nearly 60 Lakh doses in addition will be received by the States/UTs in the next 3 days
Government of India is leading the fight against the COVID19 pandemic in collaboration with the States and UT through a “Whole of Government” approach. In addition to Test, Track, Treat and COVID Appropriate Behaviour, vaccination forms an integral component of the five point strategy of Government of India of containment and management of the COVID19 pandemic.
Implementation of the Liberalised and Accelerated Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 Vaccination has started from 1stMay 2021. Registration for the new eligible population groups has commenced since 28th April.
Government of India has so far provided nearly 16.54 crore vaccine doses  to States/UTs Free of Cost. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is15,79,21,537doses .
More than 75 lakh COVID Vaccine doses  are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Furthermore, more than 59lakh  vaccine doses will be received in addition by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Indian Immunologicals receive manufacturing license under Department of Biotechnology - Mission Covid Suraksha Project for Augmentation of Manufacturing Capacity for COVAXIN
Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC under the Mission Covid Suraksha announced by the Government of India, under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 to accelerate the development and production of Indigenous COVID Vaccines, have lauched a project to augment production capacities of Covaxin.
Indian Immunologicals limited, Hyderabad, is the first site under this project to receive from CDSCO, a loan license for supplying Covaxin Drug Substance produced at its repurposed facility to Bharat Biotech. Indian Immunlogicals will supply the first lot of commercial Covaxin Drug Susbstance to Bharat Biotech on 13th August 2021. The facility will produce 2-3 million doses per month initially, and another 4-5 million doses from its new facility at Karkapatla, in next few weeks.
Speaking on this achievement Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT and Chairperson, BIRAC said, ‘’The government has worked relentlessly to provide all possible support for ramping up Covaxin production in the country and speed up Covaxin inoculation drive. The loan license agreement by CDSCO for Indian Immunologicals to produce Covaxin Drug Substance is a major milestone, achieved in a very short span of time. The DBT-BIRAC support under Mission Covid Suraksha aims to meet the Covid-19 vaccine requirement of our country. I congratulate the team for the efforts put in for this achievement.”
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 71.94Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 5.72 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTswith more than 7 Lakh doses in Pipeline
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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More than 71.94crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.Further, more than7 Lakh doses  are in the pipeline.
More than5.72Cr balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya visits Safdarjung Hospital, reviews mock drill for ensuring readiness of hospital infrastructure for COVID19 management
“It is important to ensure that the entire COVID infrastructure in terms of equipment, processes and human resources are in a state of operational readiness”
Urges everyone to follow COVID Appropriate Behaviour and refrain from sharing unverified information
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare visited Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi today to review the mock drill being undertaken for ensuring readiness of hospital infrastructure for COVID19 management.
The Union Minister stated that “I recently reviewed the COVID9 status and preparedness of prevention and management of COVID with State Health Ministers. Mock drills are being conducted across the country today to review the preparedness for management of COVID19, for which clinical readiness at hospitals is crucial. Government as well as private hospitals are undertaking mock drills today. State Health Ministers are reviewing the drills in their respective states”, he stated.
He had an informal interactive session with Heads of Departments and staff of Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College. He spent around an hour with the heads of various departments, doctors, nurses, heads of security and sanitation services and listened with patience to their numerous suggestions on quality hospital management, clinical practices, infection control measures, sanitation processes and patient-centered high quality healthcare provision. They shared their experience of working for providing round the clock services during the pandemic. Dr Mandaviya advised the HoDs to meet their teams every week, undertake physical visit of all departments and evaluate their performance to ensure best output. He also praised the doctors for their exemplary work during the pandemic.
Dr Mandaviya cautioned against complacency and urged everyone to follow COVID Appropriate Behaviour. He emphasized to remain on the alert, refrain from sharing unverified information and ensure high level of preparedness. “COVID cases are rising all over the world and India might witness a spike in cases too. Hence it is important that the entire COVID infrastructure in terms of equipment, processes and human resources are at a state of operational readiness”, he stated.
Dr Atul Goel, Director General of Health Services, Dr B L Sherwa, Medical Superintendant, Safdarjung Hospital, and heads of various departments including sanitation were present on the occasion.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO adds 9.20 lakh net subscribers in the month of May, 2021: Payroll data
The provisional payroll data of EPFO published on 20th July, 2021 highlights that EPFO has added around 9.20 lakh net subscribers during the month of May, 2021. Despite crisis of second wave of Covid19 across the country, EPFO has been able to make a cumulative subscribers base of 20.20 lakh in the first two months of the current financial year.
Payroll data indicates that the impact of second wave of Covid19 pandemic on payroll addition is not as severe as it was for the first wave. This may be attributed to the timely support of the Government of India in the form of ABRY and PMGKY schemes alongwith various e-initiatives taken by EPFO including online claims submission, auto-claim settlement, online transfer of PF account, strengthened grievance redressal and services on mobile devices etc.
Of the total 9.20 lakh net subscribers added during the month, around 5.73 lakh new members have come under the ambit of Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme for the first time. During the month, around 3.47 lakh net subscribers exited but then rejoined EPFO by changing their jobs within the establishments covered by EPFO and opted to retain membership under the Scheme, through transfer of funds rather than coming for final withdrawal of their PF accumulations.
As regards the age-wise comparison of payroll data, the age-group of 22-25 years has registered highest number of net enrollments with around 2.39 lakh additions during the month of May, 2021. This is followed by age-group of 29-35 with around 1.90 lakh net enrollments. Gender-wise analysis indicates that the share of female’s enrolment is approximately 21.77% of total net subscribers addition during the month.
State-wise comparison of payroll shows that establishments registered with the states of Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are still in the forefront by adding approximately 5.45 lakh subscribers during the month, which is around 59.29% of total net payroll addition across all age groups. During the current financial year, these 5 states have added around 11.83 lakh subscribers out of 20.20 lakh subscribers added so far.
Industry-wise payroll data indicates that ‘expert services’ category  constitutes 46.77% of total subscribers addition during the month. The payroll data is provisional since the data generation is a continuous exercise as updation of employee record is a continuous process. The previous data hence gets updated every month. Since May, 2018 EPFO has been releasing payroll data covering the period September 2017 onwards.
EPFO is committed to extend social security benefits in the form of Provident, Pension and Insurance Funds to the organized workforce of the country covered under the purview of Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation celebrates “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
Goa Field Office Organizes ‘Anvesha2022’, a quiz contest for College Students
Goa | June 29, 2022
National Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation , Govt of India under its iconic week celebration of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ from 27th June to 3rd July 2022 has organised ‘Anvesha2022’, a nationwide quiz contest on Official Statistics for college/university students & alumni throughout the State Capitals on June 27 and 28th.
More than 150 people including around 30 teams and Alumni from different colleges across Goa state attended the programme held at Multipurpose Hall, Sanskruti Bhavan, Central Library, Patto-Panaji. Team representing Government College, Sanqulim won the first prize in the competition, Damodar College, Margao and DM’s College, Assagao, Mapusa were first and second runner ups respectively. The Quiz was conducted by Quiz Masters Shri Subhash Kuthankar, Retired Vice-Principal and Shri Eshan Usapkar who brought the Quiz to a new level by their way of presentation.
Earlier in the day, inaugurating the weeklong celebration programme, Shri Vijay Saxena, Director DPSE, Govt of Goa applauded the various development programmes adopted by Central Government and State Government. Shri Saji Geroge, Dy Director General, NSO, Zonal Office, Bengaluru, spoke on the occasion and explained about the various surveys conducted by the Office and also the purpose behind the Celebration of AKAM.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
PM Gati Shakti to create seamless connectivity across India, help common man and industry – Shri Goyal
PM Gati Shakti to accelerate transportation, cut logistics cost, brings synergy among ministries – Shri Goyal
PM believes that infrastructure improvement is vital for country’s development – Shri Goyal
PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterway Summit organised in Varanasi
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal said that the objective of the PM Gati Shakti Mission is to transform connectivity infrastructure in India. He was speaking at the Prime Minister's Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit organised by the Inland Waterways Authority of India  under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India from November 11-12, 2022 at Varanasi.
The conference was jointly inaugurated today by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.
Speaking on PM Gati Shakti Mission, Shri Goyal said the project would bring synergy among the ongoing infrastructure projects undertaken by different ministries. Several Ministries of the government have been brought on one platform under this Mission. These include Railways, Roads and Highways, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Telecommunication, Power, Shipping and Civil Aviation.
The minister appreciated the work done related to the Inland Waterways under PM Gati Shakti Mission. He said that this government had faced many challenges in the last eight and a half years, and added that the credit for turning these challenges into opportunities goes to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. It is only due to his forward thinking and right guidance, many ministries are now working cohesively today. PM Gati Shakti Yojana has been made possible under the PM's able leadership and guidance.
Shri Goyal said that the Prime Minister believes that if any country has to develop, then it is essential to improve the infrastructure. There have been major transformations in providing basic amenities such as toilets, pucca houses, electricity, digital technology among many other things. Number of airports and ports has also doubled, he highlighted.
He highlighted that hardly any country in the world has a plan as holistic as Gati Shakti. This program will result in seamless connectivity across the country, benefitting the industry, trade as well as the common man. It will cut down Logistic cost and reduce the time of transportation of goods. Land records have also been added under this scheme, which will accelerate the speedy completion of any project.
Ministry of Power
REC sanctions ₹22,000 crore under new LPS Rules
As a step towards addressing the issue of mounting dues of the State power utilities which has now crossed ₹1,50,000 crore, the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India has issued Electricity,  Rules, 2022 . This initiative works with the sole aim of financially strengthening the electricity suppliers and bringing financial discipline in the power sector. Furthermore, it will ensure that the end consumer not only gets reliable and quality uninterrupted supply of electricity, but additionally it alleviates the interest burden on account of late payment of power purchase dues by the State utilities. REC and PFC  were advised by the Ministry of Power to extend their support to Discoms for timely payment of their dues under the new LPS rules.
Major states such as Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, J&K, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh with pending power purchase dues to the tune of almost ₹96,000 crore are complying with the rules. In line with the same, the distribution licensees of the above states will be paying around ₹2,600 crore to their electricity suppliers on the 5th of August, 2022. REC has provided a financial assistance of approximately ₹22,000 crore on 3rd August 2022 for clearing the outstanding dues by the distribution licensees of Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jammu & Kashmir.
These rules will be applicable to outstanding dues of generating companies, inter-state transmission licensees, and electricity trading licensees . As per the rules, the total outstanding dues including late payment surcharge by a distribution licensee may be cleared in a maximum of 48 Equated Monthly Instalments . The distribution licensee shall specify within thirty days of the promulgation of these rules the amount of outstanding dues and number of instalments in which they would be paid to the electricity suppliers. In case of delay in payment of an instalment, a late payment surcharge will be payable on the entire outstanding dues as on the date of notification of the rules. There will be no additional LPS payable on the outstanding dues if timely payment is made. Thus, timely payment of outstanding dues forms the core of the LPS rules.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying implement various schemes across the country to supplement the efforts of the States/UTs for promotion of fisheries and Animal Husbandry sectors including rearing of cows and buffaloes
To supplement the efforts of the States/UTs for promotion of fisheries and Animal Husbandry sectors including rearing of cows and buffaloes, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India implement various schemes across the country including Uttar Pradesh, such as  Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana ,  Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund ,  National Programme for Dairy Development ,  Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund ,  Supporting Dairy Cooperative and Farmer Producer Organizations  engaged in dairy activities,  Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme ,  Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund , etc.
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds since December 2014. The scheme is important in enhancing milk production and productivity of bovines to meet growing demand of milk and making dairying more remunerative to the rural farmers of the country. The scheme is continued under revised and realigned scheme of the Department from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with an allocation of Rs.2400 crore. The scheme is resulting in enhanced productivity and benefit of the programme, percolating to 80 million farmers engaged in dairying especially small and marginal dairy farmers.
The Department of Fisheries has approved project proposal at a cost of Rs.861.05 crore with Central share of Rs.270.84 crore for development of fisheries and aquaculture in the State of Uttar Pradesh under PMMSY since its inception in 2020-21. The major activities approved under the PMMSY inter-alia includes construction of ponds for taking up of aquaculture activities including inputs support in both freshwater and Inland Saline affected water areas, installation of cages/ pens for fish culture in reservoirs and open water bodies, integrated development of reservoirs, establishment of hatchery, construction of seed rearing area, establishment of Re-circulatory Aquaculture System , bio-floc tank and ponds, establishment fish feed mill, development of post-harvest infrastructure such as ice plants, cold storages, ice plants-cum-cold storages fish transportation and marketing infrastructures such as refrigerated and insulated vehicles, Ice-box with two/three wheelers, live fish vending units, fish kiosks, etc.
This information was given by Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet approves official amendments to the Arms  Bill, 2019
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval for official amendments to the Arms  Bill, 2019 moved and passed by the Lok Sabha on December 9th, 2019.
Benefits
It shall deter the potential perpetrators from indulging in illegal arms and ammunition trade and its manufacturing, stream line licensing provisions, better address the present day security needs and effectively deal with the incidents and proliferation and trade of illicit arms and ammunition. At the same time, it will facilitate law abiding licence holders of arms by increasing the duration of arms licence.
The approved amendments to the Arms Act are a step forward in providing licence in electronic form longer validity period of licenses and stricter regulatory mechanism to check illegal possession arms by proposing stricter punishment provisions.